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A bill becomes a federal law by moving through both houses of Congress and then to the president, with several checkpoints along the way. First, a member of Congress (either in the House or the Senate) introduces the bill, and it is sent to a committee, where members hold hearings, debate it, and can change the wording before deciding whether to move it forward. If the committee approves it, the bill goes to the full House or Senate for more debate and a vote; if it passes, it must then go through a similar committee and floor process in the other chamber. Both the House and the Senate have to agree on the same exact version of the bill, so if there are differences, a conference committee with members from both chambers works out a compromise that each chamber must vote on again. Once the same version has passed both, the bill is sent to the president, who can sign it into law or veto it; if the president vetoes it, Congress can still make it law by overriding the veto with a two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate, which is designed to be difficult so that only bills with very broad support can survive a presidential veto. Need Assignment Help?